Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Friday said a special meeting of the Union Cabinet on creation of Telangana State will be convened on December 3 to discuss the report of the Group of Ministers (GoM).
“Various options will be put forward and the Cabinet will take a final call,” he told reporters. Sources said the last meeting of the GoM will be held either on Monday or early Tuesday to finalise the draft Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill.
They said the issue of Hyderabad continues to be contentious as Seemandhra leaders are demanding protection of lives and property of Seemandhra people settled in Hyderabad after the bifurcation.
“One of the options, the GoM may suggest, is handing over the law and order responsibility and revenue department to the Central Government under a special provision of the Constitution,” said sources.
The GoM had held a series of meetings with leaders of eight political parties, Union ministers from Andhra Pradesh and Chief Minister
N Kiran Kumar Reddy and officials in the past one month. During these meetings, opinion gave been given on distribution of assets and other issues between the new state and the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh.
Shinde had said that the Telangana Bill would be tabled in the Winter Session of Parliament. The Winter Session of Parliament commences on December 5 and will conclude on December 20.